Zambia’s utilised international Internet bandwidth reached 177.1 Gbps by December 2023, according to latest figures published by ZICTA (Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority). This compared to 124.4 Gbps in December 2022, 98.3 Gbps in 2021, 95.2 Gbps in 2020, and 80.4 Gbps in 2019. The total equipped international capacity of wholesale carriers reached 976 Gbps by December 2023, compared to 840.2 Gbps in December 2022. ZICTA said that “the increase in transmission capacity in 2023 was partly attributed to the contribution by BCS and Global Connect who brought on board fibre transmission capacities of 100 Gbps and 238 Gbps during the year”.
ZICTA also reported that the total fibre inventory of Zambia reached 31,915-km by December 2023, including Fibrecom (12,000-km), Telesonic (6,544-km), Bayobab (5,905-km), Zamtel (1,876-km), Liquid (1,420-km), BCS (1,166.5-km), Paratus (700-km), and Smartnet (2,260-km). The regulator said that collaboration between MTN and Airtel Zambia in fibre network expansion ceased in 2023 as all fibre network for MTN spanning 5,905-km was taken over by Global Connect Zambia (Bayobab, see Africa: Bayobab’s Regional Fibre Network Reaches 114,000-km, Dec 2023) while Telesonic took over Airtel’s fibre networks (see also Africa: Airtel Africa Telesonic Total Fibre network in Africa Reaches 75,400-Km, Activates 2Africa Submarine Cable Route From Kenya to South Africa).
Source: ZICTA 2023 Annual Report
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